Mystical bedlam, or the world of mad-men. By ThoMystical bedlam, or the vvorld of mad-men. By Tho

If we be sinful, we must die; if we be full of evil, and cherish madness in our hearts, we must to the dead. We have sins enough, to bring us all to the grave: God grant they be not so violent, and full of ominous precipitation, that they portend our more sudden ruin. Yea, they do portend it; but Oh nullum sit in omne pondus.

If wee bee sinnefull, wee must die; if wee bee full of euill, and cherish madnesse in our hearts, we must to the dead. Wee haue sinnes enough, to bring vs all to the graue: God grant they bee not so violent, and full of ominous precipitation, that they portend our more sudden ruine. Yea, they doe portend it; but Oh nullum sit in omne pondus.

But I have been so prolix in the former parts of the Sentence, that I must not dwell upon the Period. He needs not be tedious, that reads a Lecture ⟨p. 82⟩of mortality. How many in the world, since this Sermon begun, have undergone experimental demonstration of this truth? This Sentence is but the moral of those spectacles, and those spectacles, the justifying examples of this Sentence. They are come to their Period before my speech: my speech, my self, and all that hear me, all that breathe this air, must follow them. It hath been said, We live to die: let me a little invert it: Let us live to live: Live the Life of grace, that we may live the life of glory. Then though we must go to the dead, we shall rise from the dead; and live with our God out of the reach of death for ever.

But I haue beene so prolixe in the former parts of the Sentence, that I must not dwell vpon the Period. Hee needs not bee tedious, that reades a Lecture ⟨p. 82⟩of mortality. How many in the world, since this Sermon begunne, haue vndergone experimentall demonstration of this truth? This Sentence is but the morall of those spectacles, and those spectacles, the iustifying examples of this Sentence. They are come to their Period before my speech: my speech, my selfe, and all that heare me, all that breathe this ayre, must follow them. It hath beene sayd, We liue to die: let me a little inuert it: Let vs liue to liue: Liue the Life of grace, that wee may liue the life of glory. Then though we must goe to the dead, we shal rise from the dead; and liue with our God out of the reach of death for euer.